A considerate and disconcerting ground-up reimagining of a 90s survival horror pioneer - our Alone in the Dark review.
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change.When Alone in the Dark hit store shelves in 1992, it birthed an entirely new genre – survival horror. Peddling a Lovecraft-inspired trudge through a rudimentary pre-rendered haunted house, this trailblazer set the foundations for genre-defining followers like the gun-toting Chris Redfield, the reality-blurring antics of a certain Mr. Wake, and many more besides.
The star of the show is, however, Derceto itself. It’s an unsettling place tainted by questionable psychiatry, voodoo, the hefty legacy of slavery, and the bayou’s swampy French flavour. Bleating, enthusiastic announcers crackle out of vacuum tube radios, jazzy flourishes echo through smoke-filled parlours, and drooping willows sway to the rhythm of humid gusts. It’s a vibe, as Resident Evil pivots L.A. Noire, instilling a false sense of security – the low-lit warmth of the 1920s.
Equipped with pistols, then later a shotgun and Tommy gun along with pickaxes, shovels, and hatchets you’ll find conveniently leaning on crates and crumbling shacks, Edward and Emily are skilled fighters but vulnerable to just a few swipes from the squirming, limby nightmares prowling Decerto and beyond. Mistakes are billed in game-over screens, hammering home a palpable sense of bubbling unease about peeking behind that next corner.
The odd environmental collision that ices Edward or Emily in place for a few seconds and chapter objectives occasionally vanishing like the ethereal spectres that inhabit Decerto aren’t enough to spoil the jittery fun. Nor is the game’s. The biggest complaint that you can wring out of Alone in the Dark is that after playing through as both characters, a reflexive funk sets in at having to leave this shifting manor.
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